This matter is before the Court on the "Declaration to the Court and Motion for Relief From a Judgment or Order Pursuant to F.R.Civ.P. Rule 60" (ECF No. 7) filed pro se by Plaintiff, Thomas T. Valdez, on September 29, 2014. Mr. Valdez is a prisoner in the custody of the Colorado Department of Corrections. He asks the Court to reconsider and vacate the Order of Dismissal (ECF No. 5) and the Judgment (ECF No. 6) entered in this action on July 29, 2014. For the reasons stated below, the motion to reconsider will be denied.

A litigant subject to an adverse judgment who seeks reconsideration by the district court of that adverse judgment may "file either a motion to alter or amend the judgment pursuant to Fed.R.Civ.P. 59(e) or a motion seeking relief from the judgment pursuant to Fed.R.Civ.P. 60(b)." Van Skiver v. United States, 952 F.2d 1241, 1243 (10th Cir. 1991). A motion to alter or amend the judgment must be filed within twenty-eight days after the judgment is entered. See Fed.R.Civ.P. 59(e). Because Mr. Valdez's motion to reconsider was filed more than twenty-eight days after the Judgment was entered on July 29, 2014, the Court will consider the motion pursuant to Fed.R.Civ.P. 60(b). See Van Skiver, 952 F.2d at 1243 (stating that motion to reconsider filed after ten-day limit for filing a Rule 59(e) motion under prior version of that rule should be construed as a Rule 60(b) motion). Relief under Rule 60(b) is appropriate only in extraordinary circumstances. See Massengale v. Oklahoma Bd. of Examiners in Optometry, 30 F.3d 1325, 1330 (10th Cir. 1994).

Mr. Valdez initiated this action by filing a Motion for Leave to File Extended Complaint (ECF No. 1). On June 19, 2014, Magistrate Judge Boyd N. Boland entered an order directing Mr. Valdez to cure certain deficiencies within thirty days if he wished to pursue any claims. Specifically, Magistrate Judge Boland directed Mr. Valdez to file on the court-approved form a Prisoner Complaint and either to pay filing and administrative fees totaling $400.00 or to file on the court-approved form a Prisoner's Motion and Affidavit for Leave to Proceed Pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915 along with a certified copy of his inmate trust fund account statement and an authorization to calculate and disburse filing fee payments. On July 17, 2014, Mr. Valdez filed a Prisoner's Motion and Affidavit for Leave to Proceed Pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915 in a Prisoner's Complaint 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (ECF No. 4) along with a certified copy of his inmate trust fund account statement. However, he failed within the time allowed to file a Prisoner Complaint or to submit an authorization to calculate and disburse filing fee payments. Therefore, on July 29, 2014, the Court dismissed the action without prejudice for failure to cure all of the deficiencies as directed.

Mr. Valdez contends in the motion to reconsider that he is legally blind; his legal and personal property, including his reading glasses, were taken from him on July 8, 2014; his reading glasses still have not been returned to him; he has been denied a "page magnifier" as an alternative to reading glasses; prison officials refused to assist him in curing the deficiencies; the lack of reading glasses and assistance resulted in his filing a motion seeking leave to proceed in forma pauperis on the wrong form; prison officials have refused to print his complaint without a court order, apparently because it is too long; and he had only limited access to the prison law library for the thirty day period ending July 24, 2014.

Upon consideration of the motion to reconsider and the entire file, the Court finds that Mr. Valdez fails to demonstrate any extraordinary reason why the Court should reconsider and vacate the order to dismiss this action. Even assuming Mr. Valdez was unable to cure all of the deficiencies within the time allowed for the reasons he asserts in the motion to reconsider, he fails to explain why he did not inform the Court in a timely manner of the circumstances that prevented him from curing all of the deficiencies. Mr. Valdez does not allege that he was prevented from communicating with the Court to seek assistance or that he was unable to request an extension of time to cure the deficiencies in a timely manner. Therefore, the motion to reconsider will be denied. Mr. Valdez is reminded, however, that the action was dismissed without prejudice. Therefore, if he wishes to pursue his claims, he may do so by filing a new action. Accordingly, it is

ORDERED that the "Declaration to the Court and Motion for Relief From a Judgment or Order Pursuant to F.R.Civ.P. ...

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